Meetings · Dictation · Voice notes

Private meeting notes.Yours to keep.

Daisy captures meetings, dictation and voice notes, transcribes on-device, and turns what you said into useful, searchable notes.

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In their own words.

I’ve been using Daisy regularly for over 5 months to record client calls and dictate everyday to-dos and work tasks. I’m thrilled with how much it has streamlined my workday and the processes within it. I no longer worry about missing or forgetting something, and I can also monitor the quality of my managers’ calls and identify areas where they can improve.

Maria Sheipa — LinkedInTeam Lead Business Development

I was looking for a way to record meetings without bots joining the calls and came across Daisy. It did exactly what I needed, and I couldn’t find an alternative that matched it for features and ease of use. I use it to record all my work calls so I can analyze them with AI afterwards.

My notes used to be all over the place. Voice messages to myself in Telegram, meeting recordings in the company’s cloud service. These days I use Daisy for both. For one-on-ones especially, I like knowing the recording and transcript stay on my Mac. And afterwards I can just go back to the transcript instead of trying to make sense of whatever I managed to write down.

Olya — LinkedInLead product designer

I wasn’t impressed with Daisy at first, but apparently it was still an early beta, so I kept using Wispr Flow. But Wispr’s usage limits weren’t enough for me. Then I remembered Daisy. I installed it again, and by then it had reached a major release. It’s been working great for a couple of weeks now. It records meetings, and everything is fast. I’m 100% happy with it. Lightweight and minimalist. Nothing extra.

I use Daisy to record and transcribe work meetings, and I’ve set up Activepieces to automatically send summaries to a CRM. It saves me a lot of time, helps me keep track of important agreements and stay on top of tasks. I especially like that the app is free, easy to use, and works with both ChatGPT and Apple Intelligence.

EgorProject Manager at REDCAT

I don’t want client conversations sitting on someone else’s server, so I started using Daisy. Now I use it for pretty much every call, in-person meeting and email. It helps me keep track of what I promised people and follow through, whether that’s sending an email, creating a task or scheduling a meeting. Everything stays on my machine. I’ve checked that with a firewall, too.

Egor Sazanov — LinkedInFounder at addicted studio

One quiet tool.
Three ways to speak.

Pick a mode by what you want to capture—and where you want the words to go when you are done.

01 / Meetings

Both sides. No bot.

Record your microphone and anything playing on your Mac. Daisy separates the speakers and turns the call into a finished note.

Start
Toggle or auto-start
Captures
Mic + Mac audio
Result
Library · Markdown
02 / Dictation

Speak. Keep typing.

Hold a hotkey and talk naturally. Daisy transcribes on-device and pastes the text wherever your cursor already is.

Start
Hold a hotkey
Captures
Your microphone
Result
Current app · Nothing saved
03 / Voice notes

Catch the thought.

Hold the Daisy key, say “note …” and what is on your mind, and keep it as a titled, searchable standalone note in your own library — in the project you name.

Start
Hold the Daisy key and talk
Captures
Your microphone
Result
Library · Markdown

Local by default.
Connected when you choose.

Daisy records, transcribes and keeps the archive on your Mac. Local AI can stay inside that boundary. External AI and destinations are optional branches you connect deliberately.

Claude
OpenAI · Codex
Gemini
Kimi
Cursor
Ollama
Apple Intelligence
LM Studio
MCP clients
Linear
Webhooks
Notion

Your Mac

The archive starts and stays here

01 / Local

Speech becomes text on-device.

No Daisy account and no Daisy cloud archive between you and your notes.

02 / Your AI

Choose the brain for summaries.

Use a local model, Apple Intelligence, your ChatGPT account, or a provider API key. Daisy shows the boundary before anything leaves the Mac.

03 / Open edges

Move the result, not the whole archive.

Send selected notes through configured destinations, webhooks or MCP workflows.

Read the full privacy boundary ↗

One local product instead of a stack of subscriptions.

A complete comparison across meetings, dictation, storage, automation and AI access. A check means the capability is built in; a dash means no directly comparable core workflow is documented.

CapabilityDaisyWispr FlowGranolaOtterFireflies
Meeting recording✓✓✓✓✓
Dedicated voice-note mode✓Scratchpad———
Dictation in any app✓✓———
Speaker separation✓—✓✓✓
Meeting screenshots✓————
Pre-meeting contextLocal brief—CloudCloud workflowCloud
Cross-meeting insightsLocalUsage onlyCloud chatCloud chatCloud analytics
CRM and destinationsDestinations
+ webhooks
Dictates into CRMNative + APINative + API*Native + API
Languages12 + auto-detect
including Russian
100+Multi-language6100+
TranscriptionLocalCloudCloudCloudCloud
Primary archiveLocal MarkdownCloud accountCloud workspaceCloud workspaceCloud workspace
Summary model choiceLocal or your providerWispr modelsGranola modelsOtter modelsFireflies models
Local protection before cloud AIPseudonymization————
Works offline✓××××
API / automationLocal tools
+ webhooks
—REST APIEnterprise API*GraphQL API
Open source✓××××
MCP and agent accessLocal—CloudCloudCloud
Daisy/vendor account requiredNoYesYesYesYes

Checked against official product materials on August 19, 2026. * Otter API is Enterprise-only.

The practical questions.

Privacy, compatibility, AI and what actually happens when you press Record.

Does a bot join the call?

No. Daisy captures your microphone and the audio already playing through your Mac. Nothing joins the meeting, announces itself, or appears in the participant list.

Which meeting apps work with Daisy?

Daisy works at the Mac audio layer instead of relying on a meeting-platform integration. That means calls playing through your Mac can be captured across apps such as Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Telegram and Webex.

What stays local?

Recording, transcription and your Markdown archive live on your Mac. If you choose an external summary provider or destination, that specific content is sent directly from your Mac to the provider you selected — Daisy is not a proxy and does not keep a cloud archive.

Do I need an AI API key?

Not for recording or transcription. For summaries you can use a supported local option, Apple Intelligence on compatible macOS versions, connect the ChatGPT account already signed in through ChatGPT or Codex, or add your own provider API key. API keys stay in macOS Keychain; account-backed requests use your ChatGPT plan limits.

Which platforms does Daisy support?

Daisy is currently available for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14 or newer. Windows and iOS versions are in development; they are not yet available to download. Some system AI features require a newer version of macOS, but recording and on-device transcription do not require an Apple Intelligence-capable Mac.

How much does Daisy cost?

Recording, on-device transcription and export on Mac do not require a Daisy subscription. Optional Daisy AI is planned at $7.99/month or $59.99/year. Web purchases are not open yet. Your own AI provider bills separately.

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